Covid
China's rural areas brace for the world’s largest migration amid soaring Covid cases | ITV News
In China, the world's biggest movement of people is getting under way.Hundreds of millions are on the move to get home for Chinese New Year.But the celebrati...
Millions in China on the move for Lunar New Year amid COVID surge | DW News
Chinese New Year celebrations have kicked off around the globe - and especially in China. The festivities usher in the Year of the Rabbit and hundreds of mil...
Eight in 10 people in China caught Covid since early December, say officials
Reported death toll surges to 72,000 after zero-Covid restrictions lifted; some experts estimate 1m deaths
China reports 3% GDP growth for 2022 as December retail sales, industrial production beat estimates
China's GDP for 2022 was expected to have grown by its slowest since 2020, the year the pandemic began.
WHO urges China to release more COVID-19 information after Beijing reports 60,000 coronavirus-related deaths
The World Health Organization says it encouraged China to release more COVID-19 data after it reported an estimated 60,000 coronavirus-related deaths since early December.
Thailand Mandates Covid Insurance for Visitors From Some Nations
Thailand is mandating Covid insurance for foreign visitors from countries that require negative RT-PCR test results before returning home, reinstating the entry rule ahead of the likely arrival of Chinese tourists in large numbers.
What the return of Chinese tourists means for the global economy | CNN Business
In the years before Covid, China was the world's most important source of international travelers. Its 155 million tourists spent more than a quarter of a trillion dollars beyond its borders in 2019.
EU wants Chinese visitors to give negative Covid test and wear mask on plane
European nations agreed to recommend imposing new restrictions on travelers from China amid fears of an increase in Covid cases.
Canada and Australia impose COVID testing requirements on travelers from China
Australia and Canada join other countries including the U.S., U.K., India, Japan and several European nations in imposing tougher COVID-19 measures on Chinese travelers amid fears of new variants.
China to scrap quarantine for inbound travelers in major step toward reopening | CNN Business
China will drop quarantine requirements for international arrivals from January 8, in a major step toward reopening its borders that have shut the country from the rest of the world for nearly three years.
Packed ICUs, crowded crematoriums: COVID roils Chinese towns
BAZHOU, China (AP) — Yao Ruyan paced frantically outside the fever clinic of a county hospital in China’s industrial Hebei province, 70 kilometers (43 miles) southwest of Beijing. Her mother-in-law had COVID-19 and needed urgent medical care, but all hosp...
China is changing the definition of COVID-19 related fatalities as cases increase.
No new fatalities reported this week, despite numerous reports of overloaded hospitals and crematoriums
What can China do to slow its post-lockdown COVID surge? | DW News
COVID-19 cases are surging across China as people take advantage of new freedoms. Nationwide frustration and unprecedented public protests forced authorities to ease quarantine and travel restrictions. But since then more and more people are testing posit...
China's COVID spike not due to lifting of restrictions, WHO director says
Cases were exploding in China well before the government's decision to abandon its strict "zero-COVID" policy, the director said, quashing suggestions that the sudden reversal caused a spike.
COVID-19 is about to explode in China. What that could mean for the United States.
Experts are predicting COVID cases in China will explode after the country ended its strict zero-COVID policy. Here's how the US may be affected.
'Tough times': Warnings sound over China's rapid 'zero-COVID' exit
A week after China began dismantling its tough 'zero-COVID' controls, the World Health Organization warned of "very tough" times ahead and state media reported some seriously ill patients at hospitals in Beijing, raising fears of a wave of infections.